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St Swithun’s girls played in the joint Hampshire and Oxfordshire U15 county
lacrosse team at the annual South West Regional Tournament at Westonbirt School
in Gloucestershire on Saturday 9th November. Although the team consists
of girls from schools across Hampshire and Oxfordshire this year it was
dominated by St Swithun’s pupils.

The
U15A team started the day strongly with a win over local rivals Berkshire. They
then defeated Monmouthshire and a joint Gloucestershire & Worcestershire
team. Their final game saw a 7-2 victory against a strong Wiltshire &
Dorset team resulting in their being crowned champions.

The U19A team finished
2nd overall with their only loss of the day against tournament winners
Berkshire. They had wins against
Wiltshire and Dorset. This was Hampshire’s
best result in this tournament in the last 5 years. Players from St Swithun’s representing the
county included Emily Sambrook Smith from Winchester as team captain, Nuala
Morris from Southampton, Sally Goodhand from Alresford, Alice and Hannah Hobhouse,
Jess Baker and Ellie Powell from Winchester, Olivia Thorneycroft from London,
Georgia Sugden from Hook and Tink Manton-Jones from Camberley.